C6Performance Journal

Over time, America’s Favorite Sports Car has only improved, and expanded the boundaries of what we would expect from a car of this caliber.

Well the race certainly wasn’t pretty on Sunday for the Indy Car Series. The crashfest was fraught with full course yellows, drivers spinning out while driving slow under those yellow flag periods, chicks crashing in the pits, and a lot of other unprofessionalism.

But put that aside, …

Well, that’s pretty big.

According to ESPN’s website, Joe Gibbs Racing is expected to announce tomorrow that Tony Stewart is no longer a member of the racing team. From the four-letter network:

Back before Toyota became an industrial giant turning out cars by the millions, it built an exotic sports car – the 2000GT.

While other sports are slamming Internet writing and trying to draw the lines between print, TV, and Internet writers, NASCAR is jumping out in front of the curve.  When NASCAR announced a few weeks ago that they were going to give (some) bloggers access to their media, it was a …

How ironic is it that, just as I was posting yesterday’s blog about the economic woes catching up to NASCAR teams, rumors were breaking that Theresa Earnhardt may be selling DEI?  There has been talk for years that it was just a matter of time before Theresa decided to take off the …

The first has fallen.  Chip Ganassi Racing decided to close its #40 Sprint Cup Dodge team last week.  The cut back leaves 71 employees roaming the garage for jobs, not to mention driver Dario Franchitti, who has reportedly not yet decided if he will take the Ganassi Nationwide Series ride …

First of all, let me be honest and let you know straight up that this will not be a really in-depth analysis of the race, because I didn’t get the chance to see the race Saturday night.  Due to the death of my uncle, I was coming back from Indiana …

Ryan Briscoe set the fast time of the final qualifying session today at Watkins Glenn and will be on pole for tomorrow’s Camping World Grand Prix at the Glenn. The young Aussie put his road racing skills on display and clocked his fastest lap at 135.787 mph.

Starting next to …

Yesterday, Hendrick Motorsports announced that Mark Martin will run the full schedule in the #5 car in 2009, and again part-time in 2010.  No surprises there, although Hendrick and Martin say they can’t figure out how the story broke so quickly as most of the deal was done through text …